半天

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (半天)		半	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bàntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): бантян (banti͡an, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ tin¹
Min Nan (POJ): pòaⁿ-thiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bàntiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntian
  - IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: bàntiānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntial
  - IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ tʰjɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: бантян (banti͡an, III-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /pæ̃⁴⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ tin¹
  - Yale: bun tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ tin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-thiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-thinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoartvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

Noun

半天

half a day
- 一般需要半天左右時間 [MSC, trad.]
  一般需要半天左右时间 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2005: Chinese Wikipedia, 西湖龍井 (Xihu Longjing tea)
  yībān xūyào bàntiān zuǒyòu shíjiān [Pinyin]
  in general, one needs about half a day’s time

Synonyms

(Cantonese, Min Nan) 半日 (bànrì)
(Min Nan) 半工 (pòaⁿ-kang)

Adverb

半天

for a long time; for quite a while; for a while; forever
她扭捏了好半天才說出來話。 [MSC, trad.]
她扭捏了好半天才说出来话。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā niǔniē le hǎo bàntiān cái shuō chūlái huà. [Pinyin]
She acted shy for a quite while before she spoke.
- 寶玉瞅了半天，方說道「你放心」三個字。 [MSC, trad.]
  宝玉瞅了半天，方说道“你放心”三个字。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1754: 曹雪芹 (Cao Xueqin), 《紅樓夢》 (Dream of the Red Chamber), chapter 32
  Bǎoyù chǒu le bàntiān, fāng shuōdào “nǐ fàngxīn” sān ge zì. [Pinyin]
  Baoyu stared at her for a while, then said three words: "don't you worry."
- 搞了半天都未能解決，有沒有維基人能幫幫忙？ [MSC, trad.]
  搞了半天都未能解决，有没有维基人能帮帮忙？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2006: Encyclopedist, 幫助討論:創建新條目 (Help talk:Creating new pages)
  Gǎo le bàntiān dōu wèinéng jiějué, yǒu méiyǒu wéijīrén néng bāngbāngmáng? [Pinyin]
  I've been working on this for quite a while, but still am unable to solve the problem. Are there any Wikipedians who can help me out?
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Related terms

半日 (bànrì)
全日 (quánrì)
全天 (quántiān)

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